just to interject a snippet here, correcting fluid is a real no brainer,
it's just plain old white water based acrylic paint, the same stuff they
sell at true value home depot , ETC. ferret
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Callomon <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, November 13, 1999 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: hello and drawing pens


>For what it's worth : my pa, who is a fossil man, marks all his rocks by
>applying a square block of typing eraser (remember that, computer-istis?
>Thick white paint with which you covered up bloopers on paper. Remember
>paper?) to a non-essential portion of the specimen and then writes the data
>on it with a Rotring .2mm pen. I have done the same on some rocks of my
>own, and it seems nice and permanent. If you're really worried, add a layer
>of clear nail varnish to seal it in.
>